Nursing Publications
Title
Effect of Empowerment on Professional Practice Environments, Work Satisfaction, and Patient Care Quality: Further Testing the Nursing Worklife Model
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2008
Journal
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Volume
23
Issue
4
First Page
322
Last Page
330
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to test Leiter and Laschinger's Nursing Worklife Model linking structural empowerment to Lake's 5-factor professional practice work environment model and work quality outcomes. A predictive, nonexperimental design was used to test the model in a random sample of 234 staff nurses. The analysis revealed that professional practice environment characteristics mediated the relationship between structurally empowering work conditions and both job satisfaction and nurse-assessed patient care quality.
Notes
Published in: Journal of Nursing Care Quality, October/December 2008, Volume 23, Issue 4, p. 322-330. doi: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000318028.67910.6b